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What's your Best method to start a fire for Survival
AK Sportsman ^ | 5/19/2016 | J Hines

Posted on 05/19/2016 9:57:56 AM PDT by w1n1

For those that hunt or into survival. This may be one of the easiest way to start a fire that I came across. The guy from Stephenson Prepper uses cotton ball, petrolium jelly and a flint with a scraper. See the fire starter video here. So what other easy ways do you all use to start a fire for survival?


TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: firestarting; prepper; preppers; startingfire; survival
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To: w1n1
wax/cotton ball (bee/paraffin)

Much better, IMO.

41 posted on 05/19/2016 10:35:13 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
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To: Nifster
I am not carrying Vaseline around in my camping gear

Might be useful if you go white water canoeing in north Georgia. Particularly if you hear banjos.

42 posted on 05/19/2016 10:36:13 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: w1n1

Waxed matches. Always carry a baggie of lint from my dryer and a zippo in a sealed plastic container in my trunk.


43 posted on 05/19/2016 10:36:22 AM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: w1n1

Napalm works for me.

Okay, C-4 with a Bic.

Confession: I’ve unintentionally started a fire with a shotgun before.

I feel better now.

5.56mm


44 posted on 05/19/2016 10:37:44 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: w1n1

Gas and a match.


45 posted on 05/19/2016 10:38:20 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who dies)
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To: PAR35

Since I live in the north woods of Georgia, you are fortunate that you live in Texas. Hollywood slurs are unbecoming someone at FR


46 posted on 05/19/2016 10:38:23 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: w1n1

I prefer to use a lighter.


47 posted on 05/19/2016 10:40:07 AM PDT by RC one
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To: w1n1
www.firesteel.com sells the firesteel toggles, as well as magnesium toggles, and blank firesteels of various sizes. I like their line of GobSpark Ranger and Armegeddon. These babies throw off LARGE sparks at 5000+ degrees. Great stuff for damp or wet conditions.

That said, the video above shows the wrist bracelet with the firesteel toggle interlocked with the steel washer/scraper. Maybe other people have better karma than I do, but I just know that combination would throw me a spark right at the worst possible moment, like when I'm pumping gasoline.

Some of the people on BushcraftUSA.com do some neat leather crafting to safely carry their firesteels, fire starting kits, bushcraft knives, axes, etc. Lots of good ideas there.

48 posted on 05/19/2016 10:40:33 AM PDT by meadsjn
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To: w1n1

I’ve used a piston fire starter. Several plans on how to make one online.

A small bag of Fritos is good kindling. Easy to keep dry.


49 posted on 05/19/2016 10:44:59 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: w1n1

I was in a remote Mayan village one time. We were having trouble starting the fire to cook our meal. A local lady brought out a thin plastic bag (looked like a dry cleaning bag). It got the wood burning quickly. Since a camper is going to be wrapping things in plastic anyway, might as well put the used plastic to good use.


50 posted on 05/19/2016 10:45:00 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: w1n1

We use a match. :-). Just kidding we have a couple of those $5 firestrikers in our survival stores. They work great!


51 posted on 05/19/2016 10:45:57 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Nifster

I grew up in the foothills of north Georgia. I know the difference between hillbillies and rednecks.


52 posted on 05/19/2016 10:47:16 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: w1n1

Same as in the boy scouts (I’m an Eagle). Lighter fluid and matches.


53 posted on 05/19/2016 10:47:35 AM PDT by Vic S (I am not a number; I am a free man!)
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To: Nifster
Vaseline around in my camping gear,

Both should be in your first-aid kit anyway.

From Dave Canterbury -- every item in your survival kit should be multi-purpose.

54 posted on 05/19/2016 10:48:42 AM PDT by meadsjn
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To: Nifster

And, by the way, it was a book written by a Georgia writer before it was a Hollywood movie. Appears that you watch movies instead of reading books.


55 posted on 05/19/2016 10:48:54 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: w1n1

~10,000 matches in my SHTF permanent shelter. 1,000 waterproof matches and five BIC lighters in my grab and go pack.


56 posted on 05/19/2016 10:49:29 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: w1n1

Tet68’s tip.

Something that is very handy and works is the small disposable
alcohol wipes, they take up little space, are inexpensive, simply tear open and light. They don’t last long but are very hot and you can always use them to clean wounds and scrapes.


57 posted on 05/19/2016 10:49:45 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: meadsjn

Still wouldn’t carry it


58 posted on 05/19/2016 10:49:53 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Here is a video I made on weatherproof fire starters that are super simple to make. These are maust take items when I camp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIEdS98VZao


59 posted on 05/19/2016 10:50:25 AM PDT by Nashvegas (What do you get if you offer a liberal a penny for their thoughts? Change)
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To: silverleaf

In my camp box, I keep five or six tea candles.
I carry a drinking straw as a fire bellows.


60 posted on 05/19/2016 10:51:01 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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